Shaun Winkler, a member of the White Knights of the KKK, is running for sheriff in Bonner County, Idaho.

Shaun Winkler, running for Bonner County Sheriff a bonafide ‘white supremacist’ claims that if elected he will not push his ‘white supremacist agenda.’

On the flimsiest of associations hatemongers pounce on any Muslim even contemplating running for office. They will go to great lengths to create and fabricate guilt-by-association smears, trying to cast the said Muslim as a ‘evil-scary-Islamizing-terrorist.’ Spencer in fact wants Muslims running for office to be subjected to a ‘special test’ to determine whether they should be allowed to run or take office.

SANDPOINT, Idaho — A white supremacist in northern Idaho wants to be the next Bonner County sheriff, saying federal overreach motivated him to run for the office.

Shaun Winkler of the White Knights of the KKK will go up against incumbent Sheriff Daryl Wheeler and Ponderay police officer Tim Fry in the Republican primary on May 15. The winner of that contest will face independent candidate Rocky Jordan in November.

But the 33-year-old says he’s not running to push a white supremacist agenda.

The Aryan Nations is long gone from northern Idaho, but its reputation has lingered to the embarrassment of locals.